Unit 6, 14 Southgate Road, Hackney, London, N1 3LY Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2257 - Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed Approved

Proposal

Proposed use of the unit as an administrative and booking management office for a private hire/courier business office (no visiting members of the public)(Use Class E(g)(i)). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Oct 2025
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Approved
8 Dec 2025

Approved on 8 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence Tesco Premises licence · in force since 18 Nov 2008 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until 23:00

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 8

3 Article 4 directions
Whole of the London Borough of Hackney · Tech City (CAZ North) · Exemption Area (part 1). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Hackney AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 33 m away: Regent's Canal - Kingsland CAAC; Inside the Hackney built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 41 m away: Deciduous woodland; Designated open space about 41 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hackney
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed
Postcode
N1 3LY
Received
14 Oct 2025
Validated
14 Oct 2025
Ward
De Beauvoir Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant
Decision date
8 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 15 days faster than Hackney's median of 70 for changes of use. Approved, as 66% of changes of use here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
142decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Hackney in the last twelve months, from validation. Hackney decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Dec 2025
Hackney
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#256 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hackney is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #220 out of 296. Hackney is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hackney decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #248 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #257 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #220 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #201 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
204 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
2 decided
1,323
Total decisions
241 refused in the year to March 2026